Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth celebrates winning the Rugby World Cup after South Africa beat the All Blacks 12-11 in the final at Stade de France in Paris in October last year. (Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images)
Just a simple laughing emoji invariably does the trick.
And Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth duly obliged when he met the salty-scented sentiments aired by South African-born Ireland and Ulster hooker Rob Herring with the short shrift it deserved on social media this week.
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